Documented here are steps to getting Redis 2.6.x running on Ubuntu 12.04 onwards using an init script (previous versions of Ubuntu should work too). The setup is intended to be used on a developer desktop/laptop rather than production infrastructure.

To get an init script and Redis config working cleanly with this setup, download my init and config files from my Github ‘dotfiles’ repo. My init script and redis.conf are pretty standard - intended for general development purposes.

Also, you need to activate your Redis services init script by adding it to your system's run-level configuration. That way the service will startup during the boot sequence and stop nicely during the OS' shutdown procedure.